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	Experimental Hybrid Cars Get Up to 250 Mpg

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4-3-2007 2:24 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0260ea37-b66d-4f57-b978-bcf8bc3b4a17/C2EC7180-54E4-4D42-BF23-953D11005991/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.livescience.com/technology/050815_ap_hybrid_car.html" href="http://www.livescience.com/technology/050815_ap_hybrid_car.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.livescience.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/technology/050815_ap_hybrid_car.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.livescience.com/img/96058084-86F5-4B05-82CF-779B63B0B9EA" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/technology/050815_ap_hybrid_car.html"><SPAN>CORTE MADERA, Calif. (AP) --
Politicians and automakers say a car that can both reduce greenhouse gases and
free America from its reliance on foreign oil is years or even decades away.
Ron <SPAN class="SpellE">Gremban</SPAN> says such a car is parked in his garage. <O:P _moz-userdefined=""></O:P></SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/technology/050815_ap_hybrid_car.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="19"><IMG width="19" src="http://images.livescience.com/template_images/livescience/transpacer.gif" /></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/technology/050815_ap_hybrid_car.html"><A name="hit0000"><SPAN>looks
like a typical Toyota </SPAN></A><SPAN class="SpellE"><SPAN><SPAN>Prius</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN> <SPAN>hybrid</SPAN>, but in the trunk sits an
80-miles-per-gallon secret -- a stack of 18 brick-sized batteries that boosts
the car's high mileage with an extra electrical charge so it can burn even less
fuel.</SPAN></SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/technology/050815_ap_hybrid_car.html"> “Plug-in” <SPAN>hybrids</SPAN>
aren't yet cost-efficient, but some of the dozen known <SPAN>experimental</SPAN> models have gotten up to 250 mpg.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/technology/050815_ap_hybrid_car.html"><SPAN>The extra batteries let <SPAN class="SpellE">Gremban</SPAN> drive for 20 miles with a 50-50 mix of gas and
electricity. Even after the car runs out of power from the batteries and
switches to the standard <SPAN>hybrid</SPAN>
mode, it gets the typical <SPAN class="SpellE">Prius</SPAN> fuel efficiency of
around 45 mpg. As long as <SPAN class="SpellE">Gremban</SPAN> doesn't drive too
far in a day, he says, he gets 80 mpg. <O:P _moz-userdefined=""></O:P></SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/technology/050815_ap_hybrid_car.html"> “The average for people's usage of a car is somewhere around 30 to 40
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